LeBron James singularly orchestrated the Big Three union. And now that he has opted out of his Miami Heat contract, he’s once again the Alpha Male of pro sports. Teams are scrambling to find the proper finances and expiring contracts, flipping over cushions for salary cap coin.

Derek Fisher became the latest former player to coach an NBA team when he was named head coach of the New York Knicks Tuesday.”That seems to be more prevalent over the years in the NBA than anywhere else,” John Madden told the KCBS Radio morning crew.

“There’s a lot of different stuff I may have the opportunity to do,” Kidd said. “If I play, I plan on playing for the Knicks. I got to be honest with myself. I’m a young man. (But) I got to see if I could still mentally do the grind all over again.”